Familiar Faces & Chuck Brown at Mirrors
Mirrors, 33 New York Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002



I missed Crossover Band's performance.

Junior, working the sound, said hello to me.

Familiar Faces - in progress at 12:13 AM
The line up was: The line up was: Donnell (vocals & Sax), Scooby (vocals & guitar), Damila (vocals), Quese (vocals), DP (vocals & trumpet), Wendell (guitar), Googie (bass), Godfather (keyboard), Lorenzo (keyboard), Jammin' Jeff (drummer), Smoke (congas), Packy (cowbell)

Googie, Scooby, Lorenzo, Wendell, Damila, Donnell, Quese
X) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh" - it cranked / "Hey ay, Hey ay" / "Familiar Faces is for the Grown & Sexy"
X+1) Scooby-led GoGo Is My Business - it cranked
Shaunte (Stacey's Cousin) was there.
X+2) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease) - it cranked
X+3) Donnell-led "Party party, everybody" - it cranked / Alternating Scooby-led "Uh oh uh uh oh" - Scooby chanted, "Throw your hands in the air, throw your hands up", Scooby chanted, "Stick out your butt, shake what you got", Scooby chanted, "Hold it!" / Percussion solo / "How low can you go" / Donnell chanted, "Killazoo!" / "Brandywine, friends of mine" chant
Sanchez was there.
X+4) Donnell-led "Jump your body" - it cranked, Smoke played toms, Quese rapped / tom solo
Mike Jones and Peg Leg were there.
X+5) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda - it went from a light crank to a full crank, Smoke played toms and Packy played cowbell
X+6) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Lock It - it cranked, the frontline strutted around the front of the stage, Donnell did a birthday shout out to me (my Birthday's not until October 7th), Mike danced
X+7) Alternating Donnell, Scooby, Damila, and Quese-led Do You Think About Me? - it had light crank, Donnell went on the dance floor / Donnell-led Donna Summer's Love to Love You Baby (tease) / Vinnie D's Porno Star - Donnell sat on an amp singing directly to one of the twins / Rick James' Mary Jane (tease) / Scooby-led "DC Girls, they drive me crazy" / All of them sang Lisa Stansfield's All Around the World (tease) / "Slow Funk & grind, girl" / Donnell sang, "Do you listen to my heartbeat?"
Nicole (BF) was there.
They stopped, then were told they had a little more time.
X+8) Donnell-led Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) / "Wait a minute" echoes
They were done at 12:55 AM.

Ray and Gary were there.

Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - 1:44 AM
The line up was: Chuck Brown (vocals & guitar), Anthony "Little Benny" Harley (vocals & trumpet), KayKay (rapper), Sweet Cherie Mitchell Agurs (keyboard & vocals), Bryan Mills (Sax & keyboard), Brad Clements (trumpet), Greg Boyer (trombone), Karlston "Ice" Ross (bass), Kenny "Kwik" Gross (drummer), Mighty Moe (congas), Marcus (percussionist) with special guest: Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott (vocals).

Bryan, Brad, Greg


Marcus, Chuck
1) "Wind me up, Chuck" - it had a light crank / Earl Hagen's Harlem Nocturne - Bryan soloed, Brad soloed
2) Chuck-led "Lock it in, pop it in" - it had a light crank / Chuck chanted, "When you walk in the door" and the audience responded, "Hello hello!" / Chuck rapped, "Feel freaky deaky style" / "Ho oh, uh oh uh oh" - Twin was onstage / "25 and older, get your hands up" / "Hey ladies" / North, South, East, West" chant
3) Chuck-led Hoochie Coochie Man - it cranked, Bryan soloed, Greg soloed, Chuck soloed, KayKay went onstage, a girl grinded with me / Mighty Moe solo -->
4) Chuck-led Louis Jordan's Run Joe - it had a light crank, Sweet Cherie made faces to the lyrics -->
5) KayKay rapped "You want the good sh*t, I've had it up to here, clear out, I've had a lot of friends, I've had a lot of foes, that's the way it goes" / "I'm still here, I ain't going nowhere" -->
(KayKay acted as lead talker for the rest of the set)
Sweet Cherie walked to the front of the stage:

Sweet Cherie, KayKay, Chuck
6) Sweet Cherie-led "everyday, what you waiting for, it's time for you to get up, baby baby baby, choke it" - it had a light crank, she and KayKay danced -->
7) Sweet Cherie-led Mary J. Blige's Mary Jane - it had a light crank -->
Little Benny walked onstage

Brad, Greg, Little Benny
8) Instrumental - it had a light crank / Little Benny-led "Y'all tired yet?" / "I'm a keep, big boys too" / Rare Essence's Do You Know What Time It Is? / Lil Wayne's Stuntin' Like My Daddy - Little Benny did the "Ride Out" dance, "Hold up, wait a minute!" / Percussion solo / Cat in the Hat
Sugar Bear went onstage

Sugar Bear, Sweet Cherie
All pictures (except flyer) taken by and Copyright - Jordan Rich
9) Sugar Bear & Little Benny-led Freak A Deak All Night Long - it cranked / Little Benny-led Rare Essence's One on One - KayKay held her mic to a guy in the audience
10) Sugar Bear-led "Are the Redskins the real deal? Better than the Eagle? Who's going to the Super Bowl? / Junior M.A.F.I.A.'s Crush on You / Sweet Cherie danced with Sugar Bear and rapped "Yes, indeed" / Sugar Bear-led "Wind me up, Chuck!"
Derrick Curry of EU was there.
11) Chuck did shout outs / Percussion solo / KayKay-led Chuck Baby - KayKay held her mic to the audience, Little Benny played the trumpet -->
12) Chuck-led Duke Ellington's It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That GoGo Swing) / Chuck-led Lionel Hampton's Midnight Sun - the house lights came on
13) Chuck-led Sho Ya Right (tease) - it had a light crank -->
14) Chuck-led Bustin' Loose - it cranked
They were done at 3:01 AM.